Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense deploys, present participle deploying, past tense, past participle deployed
1. verb
To deploy troops, weapons, or resources means to means to make them ready to be used.
The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: use, station, set up, position More Synonyms of deploy
2. verb
If you deploy something or if it deploys, you use it effectively or it works effectively.
Mobile apps are another weapon to be deployed by online retailers in the battle forbusiness. [VERB noun]
Airbags deploy with such force they could easily injure a small child. [VERB]
[Also VERB noun]
deploy in British English
(dɪˈplɔɪ)
verb mainly military
1.
to adopt or cause to adopt a battle formation, esp from a narrow front formation
2. (transitive)
to redistribute (forces) to or within a given area
Derived forms
deployment (deˈployment)
noun
Word origin
C18: from French déployer, from Latin displicāre to unfold; see display
deploy in American English
(diˈplɔɪ; dɪˈplɔɪ)
verb transitive
1. Military
a.
to spread out (troops, etc.) so as to form a wider front
b.
to station or place (forces, equipment, etc.) in accordance with a plan
2.
to spread out or place like military troops
verb intransitive
3.
to be deployed
Derived forms
deployment (deˈployment)
noun
Word origin
Fr déployer, to unfold, display < OFr desployer, to unfold < L displicare, to scatter (in ML, to unfold): see display
Examples of 'deploy' in a sentence
deploy
And it would be a major shock if he did not deploy the same formation in his next four games with the senior team.
The Sun (2016)
This would allow the navy to search large areas without deploying surface craft.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Plus you have a pair of soldiers to deploy in battles.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They may be deployed at the front line of the war on cancer in a decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But they have deployed military interventions in neighbouring countries to head off trouble in their own backyard.
The Sun (2014)
They are mainly deployed on the ground within the territory of the defended country.
Dyson, Freeman Infinite in All Directions (1989)
In what result areas are they deployed?
Peter F. Drucker MANAGING FOR RESULTS (1986)
Much of the game involves discovering these pet monsters to deploy in battles.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
As they march they are already deployed into their battle units.
Baxter, Stephen Anti-Ice (1993)
Activists concede that while the regime remains intact they cannot compete with the overwhelming firepower deployed on the ground.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Both sides deployed in conventional formations.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Police, firefighters and the military have deployed aircraft and helicopters.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Sangin area since deploying to Helmand a few weeks ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The team can then deploy their ground robot, which is capable of bomb disposal.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He will not be deployed in combat areas, and his duties will be mainly administrative.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Now a new tool has been deployed in the battle to sell homes - drones.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And he promised the American people that he would not deploy substantial ground troops in the conflict.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They are recruiting around 200 former military personnel to deploy super-fast fibre broadband to homes and businesses.
The Sun (2011)
The Cubans would be deployed in poorer areas of the northeast and the Amazon jungle.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
True, some suggest Moscow is prepared to deploy ground troops.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There are more than 12,000 troops deployed on the ground and 15,000 volunteers.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But in this day and age, the military is deploying constantly, so you have to expect it.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Since then, the military has deployed armoured personnel carriers around sensitive buildings in the city, and police are said to have mostly withdrawn.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
deploy
British English: deploy VERB
To deploy troops or military resources means to organize or position them so that they are ready to be used.
The president said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.
American English: deploy
Brazilian Portuguese: dispor
Chinese: 部署
European Spanish: desplegar
French: déployer
German: einsetzen
Italian: dispiegare
Japanese: 配置する
Korean: 투입하다
European Portuguese: dispor
Latin American Spanish: desplegar
(verb)
Definition
to organize (troops or resources) into a position ready for immediate and effective action
He said he had no intention of deploying ground troops.
Synonyms
use
station
set up
position
Position trailing plants near the edges of the basket.
arrange
He started to arrange the books in piles.
set out
dispose
He was preparing to dispose his effects about the room.
utilize
Sound engineers utilize a range of techniques.
spread out
distribute
Additional synonyms
in the sense of arrange
Definition
to put into a proper or systematic order
He started to arrange the books in piles.
Synonyms
put in order,
group,
form,
order,
sort,
class,
position,
range,
file,
rank,
line up,
organize,
set out,
sequence,
exhibit,
sort out (informal),
array,
classify,
tidy,
marshal,
align,
categorize,
systematize,
dispose,
jack up (New Zealand, informal)
in the sense of dispose
Definition
to arrange or place in a particular way
He was preparing to dispose his effects about the room.
Synonyms
arrange,
put,
place,
group,
set,
order,
stand,
range,
settle,
fix,
rank,
distribute,
array
in the sense of position
Definition
to put in the proper or usual place
Position trailing plants near the edges of the basket.